Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Christmas cheer was in abundance in global stock markets on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones hitting another record high, and the Eurostoxx Index reaching its highest level so far this year. The market is...

The triumph of Donald Trump in the US Presidential election has had a massive impact on financial markets, both domestic and international. One of the starkest impacts has been on the US stock market,...

Japanese stocks have rallied to their highest level of the year during the Asian session following the Bank of Japan meeting overnight which saw the central bank maintain their dovish rhetoric despite...

Terrorism, political and geopolitical problems flooded the headlines globally.Rising tensions between the US and China, terrorism and carnage in Europe keep the global sentiment contained, although...

FTSE –10 points at 7007DAX –18 points at 11408 CAC –5 points at 4817 Terror attacks across the European continent continue shaking the headlines. Yet the market reaction has been so...

Asian markets traded in a risk-off environment after the US naval drone rose tensions between US and China. The incident further revived concerns regarding the future relationship between the two...

The rally seen in global stock markets Since Trump’s victory in the US elections shows little sign of slowing up with the FTSE 100 having traded back above the 7000 level this morning. The pound...

Nothing could persuade investors from rushing back to the global stock markets. Although the enthusiasm in global equities is hindered in Europe, we could say that overall, the Fed hangover remained...

It was all about the Federal Reserve yesterday on currency and bond markets with the US dollar index moving back to levels last seen in 2003, putting downward pressure on every single G10 currency,...

The latest data on the labour market was released this morning with the number of people in employment falling for the first time in more than a year, but there were some positives. Average earnings...

EuropeIt’s been a more positive session for Europe’s markets today with banks in particular getting a bit of a lift after Italy’s largest bank Unicredit (MI:CRDI) announced another...

The most widely-viewed inflation metric for the UK rose to its highest level in more than two years in November, with this morning’s release pushing the pound higher and back above the 1.27...

Sliding prices, sliding demand and sliding growth has been a familiar theme for mining stocks since we saw the peak in commodity prices in 2011.It was back in April 2011 that the Reuters CRB index hit...

One of the main events of the month comes this afternoon from Frankfurt as the European Central Bank (ECB) concludes its final policy meeting of the year. With expectations high for an extension of...